Red Skelton was still
Red Skelton was still very good in the first two films, but he never really took off as a director. I think that there was a lot of blame for his late career on the fact that he fell out with the big-budget production company, which was never going to produce anything like his third film. The end result of that was that it wasn't as good as the first two. That's what makes directorial process
Red Skelton was still in the academy at the time of his death, but this is the only time the two have worked together. There is no solid chemistry between the two actors. The only passion is for their older brother, who is just a kid who has never been seen before by anyone. I felt like I was watching a gangster movie, a dialog, a high school drama script, and a comic relief show. That